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Cabot Conversations: Climate Emergency
It's here! Our first of ten fascinating conversations around climate change in the run-up to COP26. This first conversation is about the Climate Emergency with ex-Met Office Chief Scientist Dame Professor Julia Slingo and climate scientist Dr Dann Mitchell. Artist Chi Yien Snow provides the stunning backdrop as she works on a poignant piece.
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Increased snowfall will offset sea level rise from melting Antarctic ice sheet, new study finds
A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world’s most southern continent will be countered by an increase in snowfall, associated with a warmer Polar atmosphere. Using modern methods to calculate projected changes to sea levels, researchers discovered that the two ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica respond differently, reflecting their very distinct local climates. Read more.
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Understanding enzyme evolution paves the way for green chemistry
Researchers at the University of Bristol have shown how laboratory evolution can give rise to highly efficient enzymes for new-to-nature reactions, opening the door for novel and more environmentally friendly ways to make drugs and other chemicals. Read more.
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Climate change ‘may have driven emergence of coronavirus’
Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study claims. However, Caboteer Professor Paul Valdes who was not involved with this study, called the findings ‘interesting’ but pointed out some drawbacks. Read more.
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Cabot Conversations - Power of People
Tuesday 28 September
Available to watch or download online
Roger Griffith MBE and Professor Rich Pancost from the Cabot Institute for the Environment discuss the power of people, words and cultural change in the climate crisis and how community engagement and empowering communities will help us all. Rap artist Con Sensus (pictured) creates while you listen. This Conversation will be available to watch on Youtube or download from any good podcast service. More information at bristol.ac.uk/cabot/conversations.
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Cabot Institute for the Environment Annual Lecture
Wednesday 20 October, 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Online
What outcomes do we need to see at this year’s United Nations climate talks (COP26) that haven’t happened in previous years? Join us for the Cabot Institute for the Environment’s prestigious Annual Lecture where we will discover three different perspectives and what they think we should particularly be looking out for and paying attention to at this year’s event. Joining us will be:
- Mya-Rose Craig (Birdgirl), young birder, naturalist, environmentalist & writer
- Journalist Leo Hickman, Director and Editor of Carbon Brief;
- Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and chair of the COP26 Universities Network.
- Cabot Institute Associate Director and University of Bristol lead on COP26, Professor Paul Bates CBE FRS, will be chairing the event.
This official pre-COP26 event is free to attend and open to all. Get your free ticket.
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Other events and podcasts
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New technology for urban water management across scales
Thursday 2 September, 1 pm to 2 pm
Online
Professor Zoran Kapelan (Technology University of Delft) will talk about “AI-based Solutions for Smarter Urban Water Management” and Dr. Ashlynn Stillwell (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) will talk about “Human Water Systems Across Scales: From the Household to the City”. The talks are organised as part of the 2nd IAHR International Symposium on Water Systems Operations (co-sponsored by the GW4-WSA alliance): www.iswso2020.info. Register here.
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Weathering the climate crisis and COVID-19: a perspective from the epicentre of the perfect storm
Thursday 9 September, 12 pm to 1 pm
Online
Rueanna Haynes demonstrates in Grantham's Annual Lecture that the climate crisis can indeed be abated, drawing on lessons from the pandemic. More information.
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